Acidic Soils Wildflower Meadow Seed BS11M 80/20

Use this mixture to establish wildflowers and grasses on poorer quality or acidic soils, including peat, heath and moors.

Contains twenty one British native wildflower species, including Betony, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Ragged Robin and Devil's-bit Scabious.
Species in this mixture are frequently found on poor acidic soils which tend to be dominated by a mineral or an organic content eg; heath land, peaty soils and moor land areas.
Sow at 5 grams per sqm - 1kg sows 200 sq/m
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Mixture Specification

Mixture Specification

	Common Name	Latin Name	Quantity	Flowers	Height	Type
1	Agrimony, Fragrant	Agrimonia procera	1%	Jun - Aug	80 - 150cm	Perennial
2	Bedstraw, Lady's	Galium verum	1%	Jun - Sep	50 - 80cm	Perennial
3	Betony	Stachys officinalis	1.2%	Jul - Sep	25 - 50cm	Perennial
4	Buttercup, Meadow	Ranunculus acris	1.6%	May - Jun	30 - 100cm	Perennial
5	Cat's-ear, Common	Hypochaeris radicata	0.4%	Jun - Oct	15 - 50cm	Perennial
6	Cornflower	Centaurea cyanus	0.8%	Jun - Oct	20 - 80cm	Annual
7	Daisy, Ox-eye	Leucanthemum vulgare	1%	May - Sep	20 - 100cm	Perennial
8	Foxglove, Wild	Digitalis purpurea	0.8%	Jun - Aug	50 - 100cm	Biennial
9	Knapweed, Common	Centaurea nigra	1.4%	Jun - Sep	30 - 80cm	Perennial
10	Ragged Robin	Lychnis flos-cuculi	0.8%	May - Aug	30 - 90cm	Perennial
11	Sage, Wood	Teucrium scorodonia	0.6%	Jun - Oct	25 - 50cm	Perennial
12	Scabious, Devil's-bit	Succisa pratensis	0.4%	Jul - Sep	50 - 80cm	Perennial
13	Sneezewort	Achillea ptarmica	1.2%	Jul - Sep	40 - 60cm	Perennial
14	Sorrel, Common	Rumex acetosa	1%	May - Jul	30 - 100cm	Perennial
15	Sorrel, Sheep's	Rumex acetosella	0.8%	May - Jul	20 - 40cm	Perennial
16	St John's-wort, Common	Hypericum perforatum	0.6%	Jun - Sep	30 - 90cm	Perennial
17	Trefoil, Bird's-foot	Lotus corniculatus	1%	Jun - Aug	10 - 40cm	Perennial
18	Trefoil, Greater Bird's-foot	Lotus uliginosus	0.8%	Jun - Aug	20 - 60cm	Perennial
19	Vetch, Tufted	Vicia cracca	1%	Jun - Sep	100 - 150cm	Perennial
20	Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	1.6%	Jun - Oct	20 - 100cm	Perennial
21	Yellow-rattle	Rhinanthus minor	1%	Jun - Sep	25 - 50cm	Annual
	Bent, Common	Agrostis castellana	4%		50 - 100cm	Grass
	Bent, Creeping	Agrostis stolonifera	3.2%		40 - 100cm	Grass
	Crested Dogstail	Cynosurus cristatus	14.4%		30 - 60cm	Grass
	Fescue, Sheeps	Festuca ovina	17.6%		15 - 50cm	Grass
	Fescue, Slender Creeping Red	Festuca rubra, litoralis	22.4%		10 - 20cm	Grass
	Meadow Grass, Smooth Stalked	Poa pratensis	4.8%		30 - 90cm	Grass
	Sweet Vernal-grass	Anthoxanthum odoratum	1.6%		30 - 60cm	Grass
	Timothy, Small Leaved	Phleum pratense ssp Bertolinii	6.4%		50 - 100cm	Grass
	Wavy Hair-grass	Deschampsia flexuosa	1.6%		22 - 45cm	Perennial
	Yorkshire Fog	Holcus lanatus	4%		50 - 100cm	Grass